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brickle

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈbɹɪkəl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted bceiklrStarts with BEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped

Word origin

From Middle English brikel, brekil, brukel (“easily broken or shattered”), from Old English *bryċel, *brucol (as in hūsbryċel (“burglarious”, literally “house-breaking”), scipbrucol (“destructive to shipping, causing shipwreck”, literally “ship-breaking”), equivalent to break + -le. See also breakle.

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  • brickle clay
  • How to Brickle: The New Brunswick Funny Book (1977, →ISBN

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